Sabrina Hering

Sabrina Hering (born 16 February 1992) is a German canoeist. She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won a silver medal.[1] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's K-4 500 metres.[2]

Sabrina Hering
Sabrina Hering in 2014
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroK-4 500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 RačiceK-4 500 m

Career

In 2008, she was European Junior Champion in the K-2 500 meters, and in 2009 she was Junior World Champion in the K-2 500 meters. She competed in 2014 European Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel, where she won bronze in the K-2 1000 meters, together with Steffi Kriegerstein. At the 2014 World Championships in Moscow, she finished fifth in the K-2 500 meters, and sixth place in the K-4 200 meters. A year later, she won the 2015 World Championships in Milan together with Steffi Kriegerstein in the K-2 1000 meters, and K-2 200 meters, winning the bronze medal.

She competed at the 2016 European Championships in Moscow, in K-2 500 meters, taking second place, behind Gabriella Szabó and Danuta Kozák. In the 2016 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 meters together with Tina Dietze, Steffi Kriegerstein and Franziska Weber, she won a silver medal.[3] She was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, on 1 November 2016.[4]

At the 2017 World Championships in Račice u Štětí, she won silver in the K-4 500 meters. Sabrina Hering also competed in the K-1 500 meters and finished fourth.[5]

References
  1. "Sabrina Hering". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "Canoe Sprint HERING-PRADLER Sabrina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. "Olympedia – Sabrina Hering". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reisen und Termine / Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes". www.bundespraesident.de. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. "Results". ICF - Planet Canoe. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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